bstone@convex.com (Barry Stone) (12/07/90)
Will a PC with a modem communicate with the TTYs used by deaf people over the phone? A friend is an interpreter for deaf people and she wants to know if she can use her PC to communicate with them over the phone. I couldn't think of another group to post to. If anybody has suggestions, let me know.
billbr@xstor.UUCP (Bill Brothers) (12/29/90)
In article <110023@convex.convex.com> bstone@convex.com (Barry Stone) writes: >Will a PC with a modem communicate with the TTYs used by deaf people >over the phone? A friend is an interpreter for deaf people and she >wants to know if she can use her PC to communicate with them over the >phone. Well, the real problem is that the ttys that deaf folks use are encoded using Baudot, not ASCII. What you need to find is a terminal program that will converse with BAUDOT devices. I haven't ever tried to find one, so I don't really know of their existence. I have an external device that talks baudot, but couldn't be applied for this. (its for radio) Good luck on your search. If you don't find anything, mail me at uunet!xstor!billbr and I'll take a look at modifying some terminal source I have to deal with BAUDOT. I used to have two deaf folks work for me several years ago. I don't suppose the tty devices have changed much since then. Bill Brothers Engineering Mgr. Storage Dimensions, Inc. uunet!xstor!billbr (408) 879-0300
khan@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) (12/30/90)
billbr@xstor.UUCP (Bill Brothers) writes: >In article <110023@convex.convex.com> bstone@convex.com (Barry Stone) writes: >>Will a PC with a modem communicate with the TTYs used by deaf people >>over the phone? >Well, the real problem is that the ttys that deaf folks use are encoded >using Baudot, not ASCII. What you need to find is a terminal program >that will converse with BAUDOT devices. I haven't ever tried to find >one, so I don't really know of their existence. To Barry Stone: Such a program exists, but it requires an IBM *PC* (it uses the cassette port instead of a modem, as a standard PC modem won't connect to a TDD). The file was called something like 'TDD56.ARC'. I don't have the file, but I have seen it around (sorry, can't remember where. I thought it was on SIMTEL20, but a quick grep of the files listing shows nothing with that name, so I'm probably mistaken). Sorry I can't give you more to go on, but at least you know it's out there somewhere. I posted this rather than emailing in case someone reading this can provide more details. Good luck! -- Scott Coleman khan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (12/30/90)
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [26.2.0.74] NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MODEM> Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== TDD56.ARC B 38656 871205 Terminal for hearing/speech impared users You need the cassette port for this to work. Some newer PCs may not have a cassette port. This file is also available from Detroit Download Central. Keith -- Keith Petersen Co-SysOp, Detroit Download Central 313-885-3956 (212/V22bis/HST/V32/V42bis) Internet: w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu, w8sdz@eddie.mit.edu, w8sdz@brl.mil Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND